Laurens Livestock Exchange Market Report

Laurens, South Carolina · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 24, 2026

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	269	167	251
Feeder cattle	73	58	100
Slaughter cattle	68	39	31
Replacement cattle	18	15	18

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparisons made this week due to limited comparable sales. Light offering of average quality cattle with active buyer participation.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,425	—
390	390	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,852	-5.00
625–640	633	2	385.00–420.00	$402.29	$2,546	—
655	655	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440–445	443	2	410.00–415.00	$412.51	$1,827	—
463	463	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,620	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,200	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,100	—
374 value added	374	5	380.00	$380.00	$1,421	—
400	400	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,480	—
465	465	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,628	-30.00
680	680	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,142	—
725–730	728	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,184	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–360	358	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,253	+50.00
405–415	410	2	320.00–350.00	$334.82	$1,373	—
540	540	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,512	-42.50
600–620	608	3	270.00–280.00	$276.71	$1,682	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,075	—
290	290	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,305	—
655	655	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,096	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,260	—
375–395	385	2	400.00–420.00	$410.26	$1,580	—
405	405	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,660	—
485	485	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,843	+14.92
510–530	520	3	375.00–380.00	$378.33	$1,967	+33.33
565–595	583	3	360.00–375.00	$369.90	$2,157	+24.90
600–635	613	4	330.00–350.00	$338.81	$2,077	—
680	680	2	320.00–330.00	$325.00	$2,210	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,400	—
330	330	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,716	±0.00
350–355	353	2	490.00	$490.00	$1,730	—
825	825	1	342.50	$342.50	$2,826	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,340	—
640	640	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,016	+30.00
690	690	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,070	—
720	720	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,160	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,136.00	$2,136.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1555	1181	80-85%	16	137.00–172.00	$163.57	$1,932	—
1005–1490	1193	80-85%	23	174.00–190.00	$181.69	$2,168	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1460	1298	75-80%	3	165.00–168.00	$167.15	$2,170	+22.15
1265–1900	1517	75-80%	8	170.00–175.00	$173.35	$2,630	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1075	885	85-90%	3	135.00–150.00	$142.41	$1,260	—
800–1165	988	85-90%	5	160.00–170.00	$164.76	$1,628	+9.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1515	1325	2	164.00–165.00	$164.43	$2,179	—
1245–2170	1553	6	185.00–212.00	$197.03	$3,060	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,044.00	$2,044.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1105	967	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,050.00–2,250.00	$2,132.16
950–1000	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,691.00	$1,644.33
925–1085	996	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,850.00–2,250.00	$1,958.18
985–1125	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,104.00–2,700.00	$2,379.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160–1430	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,550.00–2,750.00	$2,639.58
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Barrows & Gilts

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115–190	144	8	75.00–115.00	$94.35	$136	—
225–295	250	3	60.00–85.00	$69.17	$173	—
340	340	1	35.00	$35.00	$119	—

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Boars

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	5.00	$5.00	$22	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	1	75.00	$75.00	—
40	40	—	—	1	90.00	$90.00	—
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	4	75.00–90.00	$82.50	—
40–50	45	Kids (<1 yr)	N/A	6	150.00–200.00	$161.67	—
50	50	—	—	1	75.00	$75.00	-67.50
50	50	—	—	5	140.00–155.00	$146.00	+3.50
60	60	—	—	3	145.00–150.00	$148.33	+110.83
70	70	—	—	3	165.00–170.00	$166.67	+6.67
70	70	—	—	3	180.00–190.00	$186.67	+26.67
80	80	—	—	1	85.00	$85.00	-107.50
80	80	—	—	1	250.00	$250.00	+57.50
100–120	115	—	—	4	300.00–370.00	$337.50	+132.50

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Families

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	210.00	$210.00	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	2	65.00	$65.00	—
50	50	2	95.00	$95.00	+5.00

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	4	55.00–75.00	$70.00	+5.00
40	40	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	90.00	$90.00	+25.00
40–50	46	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	5	120.00–155.00	$141.00	+76.00
60	60	—	—	2	120.00	$120.00	+60.00
70	70	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	130.00	$130.00	±0.00
70	70	Kids (<1 yr)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	+40.00
70	70	—	—	1	80.00	$80.00	-50.00
100	100	—	—	1	180.00	$180.00	+65.00
110	110	—	—	1	95.00	$95.00	-20.00
100–120	117	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	250.00–330.00	$298.33	+183.33
120	120	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	+65.00
120	120	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	1	270.00	$270.00	+155.00

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Pigs

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	2	60.00	$60.00	—
50	50	2	60.00	$60.00	-2.50
80	80	6	90.00	$90.00	+27.50
90	90	3	110.00	$110.00	+25.00

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Wether Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
20	20	1	40.00	$40.00	+15.00
30	30	1	50.00	$50.00	+25.00
40	40	1	90.00	$90.00	+55.00
50	50	2	140.00–145.00	$142.50	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	120.00	$120.00	—
80	80	1	220.00	$220.00	—
120	120	1	330.00	$330.00	+60.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.